A body is found in the desert shortly before Yuma County's rodeo festival week. It appears to be Ria Paris, who was apparenlty murdered by her husband 16 years ago - except the body isn't that old. Together with his ambitious new colleague Paul McCraw, Sheriff Kyle re-investigates the old case, trying to avoid shaking up the community during the celebrations.

Psychiatrist Ed Altman relocates to Palm Springs in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he wanders directly into more trouble when he begins an affair with the wealthy Ally Mercer, who has her own motives for getting involved with Ed. Soon Ally's volatile lover Nick is caught in the intrigue, resulting in shady dealings, betrayal, and, ultimately, murder.

After someone is killed in the subterranean project called "Shadowzone," a NASA captain is called in to investigate. In the project, sleeping subjects are induced into a deep EDS state whereby they become portals to a parallel universe. Unfortunately this causes adverse reactions in the subject, and something gets through the portal, the consequence of which is an attrition problem.

An L.A. cop tracks down a seemingly mystic murderer on an Indian reservation.